●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, December 30, 2023 ●● ● Dec 30 [00:06] schestowitz "As a newly-qualified European Patent Attorney I was advised by a well-experienced in-house EPA never to use "preferably" unless the feature concerned was truly preferred, but I understood at the time that that was because they were worried about the effect the word might have, no case law was mentioned. Is there a US (or other) decision on the effect of the word "preferably"?" [00:06] schestowitz http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/unambiguous-disclosure-without-patent.html?showComment=1703868014386#c893791151619352514 [00:06] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Unambiguous disclosure without patent profanity (T 2171/21) - The IPKat [00:08] schestowitz http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/book-review-reforming-intellectual.html?showComment=1703859438537#c7073664728253192371 [00:08] schestowitz "Sir Robin Jacob is great. Of that there is no doubt given his continuing influence in development of IP case law, but his comments sound like the US Supreme Court's intention of not allowing the 'building blocks of innovation' to be monopolised in decisions Mayo, Alice and Myriad. The US Federal Circuit was unable to give these words any real meaning in subsequent decisions. Sir Robin has ignored the word 'commons' that previously defi [00:08] schestowitz ned what is shared by all humanity and could not be fenced off for private use. It is not fashionable now to talk about the commons even though the internet now connects everyone and humanity is facing hue global challenges. This is probably because the related idea of 'socialism' remains a bad word for many. However that means we have no real framework for turning good intentions into viable policies." [00:08] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Book review: Reforming Intellectual Property - The IPKat [00:13] schestowitz > More sites are coming [00:13] schestowitz > [00:13] schestowitz > Did you get any feedback from your efforts to involve the police? [00:13] schestowitz I was busy reporting other crimes to the police. My wife too. [00:13] schestowitz > If I get to the UK in January, would you like to meet? [00:13] schestowitz Sure, but needs to be close to Lancs. I don't travel far. [00:13] schestowitz Regards, [00:15] schestowitz "I was contacted by someone who has some serious tech innovation with regard to network speed. [00:15] schestowitz First, he went to a conference talk by xxxxxxxxxx and the presentation was about some "feature". He mentioned the simple tech behind it and 3 "thugs" moved closer to him. He went to go to the restroom and the 3 "thugs" followed him. [00:15] schestowitz He left. [00:15] schestowitz Then, he told me he was negotiating the sale of his company but each time, the buyer wanted to dispose of the employees which he was not interested in... [00:15] schestowitz He told me about other contracts for the sale that went south but one... [00:15] schestowitz He said it was a healthy 9 figure deal and he was taken aside by the "middleman" who set up the meeting, that he should really consider the sale seriously because he has a wife and child and "accidents happen". [00:15] schestowitz He has a military background and let them have it with his words. [00:15] schestowitz Between us, I always suspected... could be a little dangerous to investigate other cases but keeping my eyes and ears open. [00:15] schestowitz Have a great holiday!" [00:15] schestowitz This is very interesting but does not surprise me at all. The industry casually uses thugs to get its way: http://techrights.org/wiki/Free_Software-Hostile_Militants/ [00:15] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Free Software-Hostile Militants ● Dec 30 [05:22] *libertybox_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:22] *libertybox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:29] *libertybox__ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Dec 30 [06:19] *schestowitz-TR2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:21] *acer-box has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [06:21] *acer-box has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [06:35] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@dc77dxzcmjmaq.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:55] *logbackup (~quassel@26xeswvceibae.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:55] *libertybox (~schestowitz_log@26xeswvceibae.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:55] *libertybox_ (~schestowitz_log@26xeswvceibae.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:55] *libertybox__ (~schestowitz_log@26xeswvceibae.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:55] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #techbytes [06:55] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #techbytes [06:56] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@26xeswvceibae.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:56] *roy has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:56] *Techrights-sec has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:57] *Techrights-sec (~quassel@26xeswvceibae.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:57] *208BIZQP0 (~quassel@freenode-05vt13.71tb.6ao7.hij1op.IP) has joined #techbytes [06:57] *208BIZQP0 (~quassel@freenode-05vt13.71tb.6ao7.hij1op.IP) has joined #techbytes [06:57] *311EXMACG (~quassel@freenode-05vt13.71tb.6ao7.hij1op.IP) has joined #techbytes [06:57] *311EXMACG (~quassel@freenode-05vt13.71tb.6ao7.hij1op.IP) has joined #techbytes [06:58] *Techrights-sec has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [06:58] *Techrights-sec has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [06:59] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Dec 30 [08:05] schestowitz >>> Bad stuff is happening [08:05] schestowitz >>> [08:05] schestowitz >>> There are a lot of conspiracies. Please tell me if you heard anything. [08:05] schestowitz >>> [08:05] schestowitz >>> On the HSE thing, they normally have 15 days to do an initial [08:05] schestowitz >>> investigation after a complaint. If anybody wants to submit things it [08:05] schestowitz >>> is a really good idea to do it fast. [08:05] schestowitz >> [08:05] schestowitz >> http://techrights.org/wiki/Free_Software-Hostile_Militants/ [08:05] schestowitz > [08:05] schestowitz > There is worse [08:05] schestowitz Yes, I know, but this consumes a lot of time. [08:05] schestowitz Upside is, it helps explain the attacks on RMS and others. Same tactics, even some of the same perpetrators. [08:25] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [08:27] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@dc77dxzcmjmaq.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Dec 30 [09:02] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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    Statement about the EU Cyber Resilience Act
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    The European Union is currently preparing a regulation "on horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements" known as the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). It is currently in the final "trilogue" phase of the legislative process. The act includes a set of essential cybersecurity and vulnerability handling requirements for manufacturers. It will require products to be accompanied by in [12:53] schestowitz formation and instructions to the user. Manufacturers will need to perform risk assessments and produce technical documentation and, for critical components, have third-party audits conducted. Discovered security issues will have to be reported to European authorities within 25 hours (1). The CRA will be followed up by the Product Liability Directive (PLD) which will introduce compulsory liability for software.

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    While a lot of these regulations seem reasonable, the Debian project believes that there are grave problems for Free Software projects attached to them. Therefore, the Debian project issues the following statement: [...]

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